Fixing the leaky pipeline: identifying solutions for improving pediatrician-scientist training during pediatric residency

Audrea M Burns¹, Kate G Ackerman², Satid Thammasitboon³, Caroline E Rassbach⁴, Mark A Ward³, Rebecca L Blankenburg⁴, Catherine S Forster⁵, Heather A McPhillips⁶, Tara L Wenger⁶, Weston T Powell⁶, Melvin B Heyman⁷, Michael D Hogarty⁸, Debra Boyer⁹, Margaret Hostetter¹⁰, Pnina Weiss¹¹, Suong T Nguyen¹², Donald Williams Parsons³, Daniel J Moore¹³, Bobbi J Byrne¹⁴, Anthony R French¹², Jordan S Orange¹⁵

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¹ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. audreab@bcm.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester/UR Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine/Stanford Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences/Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹² Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Pediatrics, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York City, NY, USA.

PMID: 32179872
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-0837-2

Fixing the leaky pipeline: identifying solutions for improving pediatrician-scientist training during pediatric residency

Audrea M Burns et al. Pediatr Res. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;88(2):163-167.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-0837-2. Epub 2020 Mar 16.

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¹ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. audreab@bcm.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester/UR Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital, Rochester, NY, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine/Stanford Children's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences/Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
¹¹ Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹² Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.
¹³ Department of Pediatrics, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Pediatrics, New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York City, NY, USA.

PMID: 32179872
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-020-0837-2

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